Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-09-30
The NEWS In VERMONT.
MATTERS OF INTEREST IN OUR OWN
STATE.
Isle La Motto,

Hill were held at his late residence Thurs
day afternoon and conducted by Rev.
David Marvin of Alburgh. The funeral
was largely attended Masonic ceremonies
we're held and large delegation of ma
sons were present, several lodges being
represented. There was also IL large at
tendance of people from other towns. 49,.
Quite hard frost visited our island in
places Friday night doing some damage
to buckwheat and beans... Mr.. Fill
more Pike, proprietor of the Hygeia hotel,
left for Old Point Comfort last Sunday
also Mr.. Merritt Pike left for New York
city at the same time. .... Mr.. and Mrs
William Brown, also MIR. Irwin Brown all
of Richford. are visiting in town. Mr.
Brown has bought several cattle here and
is earring them for market. 80. Melvin
Pike is building barn. The Canadian
boat that was aground near the light
house was raised last Tuesday and taken
to Rouses Point for repairs Canadians
are buying common apples and paying
from II to 10 cents per bushel. Pota-
toes are selling in Alburgh rs high as So
cents per buShel.
Waterbury.
A neighbor thinks that the equinoctial
storm is postponed on account of the
weather. .....We haze had to give up
William Tell and Pocahontas and now
the unbelieyers have aimed at the eqnin-
octial storm ...... There were 100 guests
at Barrett's hotel the past week among
whom were Horace Stone of st. Louis,
William Gardner, Charles Miller, and l..
p. Lund Of Boston, o. Claude of Albany,
and w. A. Wales of New York ... C.
+. Clough has bought the Bowman place
for $1,000 and Mr.. Bowman has bought
the place on the opposite side OF the
street of Michael bernie for $50, Miss
Della Fay has gone to Boston to teach in
a Kindergarten school, ..... Messrs. Wes-
ton & Smith Of Montpelier have placed
fine rock faced monument in the Kennedy
lot here 1t is made of the best Barre
granite and much admired.
Mrs. Thomas Sanborn has Just picked
bushel Of red raspberries, large and
ripe, with the flavor of June. Miss
Eva Evans has gone to Boston and in
tends to spend Che winter at Nantick with
her sister .... Daniel Richardson is at
Dartmouth college in the scientific depart
ment.
Rev. Leonard Tenney, who has been
luite feeble for two months is so far i'm
roved that he preached at Bethany
hurch in Montpelier last Sunday ......
rev. Lester Elliott, secretary Of the Yer
mont Bible society, will attend the mis-
ionary convention at st. Johnsbury this
week, and go to Compton, n. H., where
his wife has been visiting her parents.
Middlebury.
The sophomore and freshmen classes of
the college had the customary annual
cane rush Friday morning, and it was
little blood was spilled some Of the boys
had parts of their clothing torn to shreds.
After hot contest Of half an hour the
sophomores came off victorious and got
what was left Of the cane. The ARRAY
was watched with eager interest by the
members Of the other classes and some of
the people of the village. A few nights
before the SophomoreS gave the freshmen
the usual midnight tin-horn reception
fGnG 1aty ana kgPt up the racket Wr IN
shipped the other day q car load
of sheep to Colorado and Jailor William
II. Cobb went along to take care of them,
Mr.. Cobb intending to spend several
weeks in different parts OF the West.....
Valuable work horses owned by Charles
Superneau and w. W. Chapman have
died within the past few days. .... Col. A.
$. Tracy, who was chosen by Post Russell
q. A. r., As delegate to the grand en-
campment ut st. Louis, has about made
mp his mind not to make the trip......
Matters in the photograph line here are
about to be entirely changed Il. a. Dean
has sold out his business TO a Fayetteville,
n. y, man, and MIR. Chace is also on the
eve of leaving town and his rooms are to
be occupied as q branch establishment by
!. L. Gauvin of Burlington. There is
an unusually large attendance upon the
graded school this term, even for fall
term and the two higher departments are
especially crowded. - Farmers here
Stpouto az "OIhS CuA9I'teI''oIc s4ullp4lHS
because potatoes are Il short crop and are OF
poor quality High prices are asked for such
us are brought i'll. sixty cents is now the
prevailing price. .... Bert Wright has left
the employ of +. II. Farnsworth and has
gone to Saratoga, \. ", on years con
tract for similar employment in the hard
ware business. ... Mrs. Rev. w. w. Carr
of Cambridge, Iowa. formerly we'll known
as Miss Matte Piper of Middlebury, has
been in town on seven weeks visit to
her foster parents, Mr.. and Mrs. David
Piper.
Edgar y. Bssell of East Shoreham, OF
the State Cattle Commission, went to
s2oston last week and fixed things 50 that
shere would be no opposition to the recep-
zion OF Vermont cattle in the Boston
markets, there being no quarantine against
any cattle except those in the town of
Orwell md. a. Wright will start Tues
iay morning Tor New Mexico. to spend
the winter. ....... Quite a large number
went from here on the excursion to New